四分律行事鈔資持記 1.709

1.709

人道中，初簡餘道。若準多宗，餘道通受三歸，不霑戒法。成宗亦通五八，但障出家。今明受具，餘皆難攝，如下列之。所以然者。天多著樂，修羅懷疑，鬼神諂誑，畜生愚騃，地獄常苦。唯斯人道，苦輕下趣，樂劣上天；強識念力，能崇道業；並廣如疏，撮略引之。《僧祇》下，復簡人道。文有兩節，上簡堪能，年減亦制；下簡年歲，縱能亦遮。下文指廣，彼云八十九十太老，過七十臥起須人，不聽度；若能修習諸業，聽出家（謂作沙彌）。

Under "Human Realm", it first excludes the other destinies. According to the Sarvāstivāda school, the other destinies may all receive the three refuges, but do not share in the precept-dharma. The Satyasiddhi school also allows them the five and eight [precepts], but they are merely obstructed from leaving household life. Now, in explaining full ordination, the others are all included among the difficulties, as listed below. Why is this? Devas are mostly attached to pleasure, asuras harbor doubt, ghosts and spirits are deceitful and flattery-prone, animals are ignorant and dull, and hell-beings suffer constantly. Only this human realm experiences lighter suffering than the lower destinies and inferior pleasures compared to the heavens above; with strong faculties of mindfulness and memory, humans can exalt the work of the Path. These are all explained broadly in the *Commentary*, and are cited here in summary. "Mahāsāṃghika..." onward further screens the human realm. The text has two clauses: the former screens competence, prohibiting those who are underage; the latter screens age, barring those even if they are capable. The text below refers to a broader discussion; it says that eighty or ninety is too old, and over seventy, if one requires others to lie down and get up, ordination is not permitted; if one can practice the various duties, leaving household life is permitted (meaning becoming a śrāmaṇera).